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. 1992;79(11):1097-100.

[Effects of prostatic massage on serum levels of prostatic acid phosphatase and specific antigen]

[Article in French]
A Sahin  1 , H Ozen, D Balbay, K Bircan, Z Koray, E Karaagaoglu, D Remzi
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  • PMID: 1284587

[Effects of prostatic massage on serum levels of prostatic acid phosphatase and specific antigen]

[Article in French]
A Sahin et al. Bull Cancer. 1992.

Abstract

We studied the influence of prostatic massage on the seric levels of acid prostatic phosphatase (PAP) and prostatic specific antigen (PSA) before and 1, 24 and 48 h after the examination. Three groups of patients were studied: 13 patients with prostatic benign hypertrophy (PBH), six patients with metastatic prostate carcinoma and 10 control patients (urinary lithiasis). We observed a significant elevation of both seric markers 1 h after prostatic massage in the PBH and control groups. In both groups, seric marker levels returned to normal values within 24 h with PAP and 48 h with PSA. We recommend to assay serum PSA and PAP with an interval of at least 48 h after rectal digital examination.

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